| 3. | Folk Medicine | | | Treatise prepared by a Penn State College of Medicine professor on the importance of recognizing cultural diversity of health beliefs and practices.
www.temple.edu |
| 4. | Folk Medicine | | | Referenced article by a home healthcare nurse from West Virginia about the history of folk medicine and practices still in use.
www.wvculture.org |
| 6. | Lithuanian Folk Medicine | | | Includes sections describing the concept of health and illness, determination of illness, doctors and cures.
ausis.gf.vu.lt |
| 8. | Medicine Women | | | Writer Carolina Carlessi discusses growing up in Peru's culture of folk medicine and faith healing and how it affected her perception of modern medicine.
www.xploreheartlinks.com |
| 11. | RussianFoods.com - Folk Medicine | | | Includes suggestions for colds, constipation, toothache, insomnia, headache and breakdown as well as links to the full Russian cooking archive.
www.russianfoods.com |
| 12. | Folk Medicine | | | Plant drawings, common ailments and remedies by a Newfoundland fifth-grade class.
www.ves.k12.nf.ca |
| 14. | The Folk Medicine Forum | | | Discusses alternative and complementary medicine. Includes chat room, message board and newsletter.
www.alt-med-ed.com |
| 19. | Traditions in Western Herbal Medicine | | | Introduction and description of several traditions that have contributed toward medicinal resources in North America. Includes references.
www.viable-herbal.com |
| 23. | India Parenting: Home Remedies | | | Cures for common childhood ailments and link to information about traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine.
www.indiaparenting.com |
| 25. | Some Folk Remedies Did Work | | | Archived article from the Medford Mail Tribune column Over The Back Fence, by Hank Henry. Describes remedies remembered from childhood and the blending of folk and conventional medicine.
www.mailtribune.com |
| 26. | American Indian Traditional Medicine in Treating Chronic Illness | | | Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona at Beth Israel's Center for Health and Healing presents research on how Native American traditional practices can integrate with traditional medicine to treat chronic illness. Includes comparison and demographic charts.
www.healing-arts.org |
| 29. | Folk-Medicaments | | | By the Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey. Outlines the role of traditional medicine and its interaction with modern practices. Includes list of common remedies. Available in English, Turkish, German and Russian.
www.kultur.gov.tr |
| 30. | Warts | | | Archived article from the east Texas weekly newspaper column All Things Historical. Describes remedies the author experienced in childhood and lists cures for warts.
www.texasescapes.com |
| 34. | Folk Medicine Watch | | | Promotion of culturally competent health care. Explores the previously unexplored self-medication practices of newly arrived immigrant populations in the United States.
www.folkmed.com |
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